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How the ONS values the natural world

Categories: ONS

As well as measuring changes to our society and economy, the Office for National Statistics has also been radically improving its measurement of what the natural world provides to us as part of its Beyond Gross Domestic Product (GDP) agenda. Today we published improved estimates of our UK Natural Capital Accounts. Tristan Pett and Harry Davies write about how these figures are put together and what they show about our changing environment. 

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Behaviour shifts and the implications for migration statistics

Categories: migration, ONS, Population
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Net migration to the UK has been running at record levels. Driven by a rise in people coming for work, increasing numbers of students and world events, the patterns of migration have changed with more arrivals from outside of the EU than in the previous decade. Emma Rourke explains how the ONS is interpreting these behavioural changes, how they feed into the latest data and the implications for other population statistics. 

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On the market – how the ONS measures property prices

Categories: ONS
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House prices are attracting a lot of attention at the moment with speculation around whether we may see a housing market crash amidst a sluggish economy. Here at the ONS, we have also seen some debate about how average house prices, such as those published in our UK House Price Index (HPI) are calculated as well as some queries around the timeliness of our HPI data. Chris Jenkins explains the detailed calculations that take place in order that we can produce meaningful and comparable measures of change across the UK.  

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Creating a coherent picture of health in the UK

Categories: Data, Health, Office for National Statistics, ONS Local
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How do we create an overall picture of health in the UK, when the data produced by each of the four nations can be different? Statistical coherence is about bringing together statistics on the same topic to give a better understanding of the part of the world they describe. In this blog, Becky Tinsley explains how the ONS, the devolved administrations, and health bodies, are working together to improve the comparability of UK health data, allowing us to better join the pieces of the puzzle.

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